Rajon Rondo has been warned for a hilariously obvious flopping violation (Video)

Summary of 3 articles · Updated Apr 10, 2014

The NBA issued Celtics guard Rajon Rondo a warning for flopping on Thursday. This type of flop was specifically brought up in the NBA’s official video introducing its flopping policy. That hasn't entirely happened players still sell contact really often b… (more)ut it's definitely the case that we now have several working examples of the worst kind of flopping. With a little under four minutes remaining in regulation and Atlanta leading 89-87, Rondo slowly fell backwards to the court while attempting to take a charge in transition. “This reaction by the defensive player is an over-embellishment of marginal contact and is intended to draw an unearned offensive foul on his opponent.”